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Mnuchin warns Congress of a risk of ‘permanent damage’ to the economy if states extend restrictions for months.In a joint appearance on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Jerome H. Powell,…

For the families of coronavirus patients in New York, one of the most heartbreaking aspects of the pandemic has been not being able to visit their loved ones at the hospital.Visitors have been all but forbidden at hospitals across the…

In their first appearance before lawmakers on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell were grilled over whether their efforts to shore up the economy were doing enough to help workers and smaller…

Trump turns criticisms of his administration on the W.H.O. and threatens to permanently cut its funding.President Trump threatened to permanently cut off all funds to the World Health Organization Monday night, a dramatic escalation of…

Brooklyn area has N.Y.C.’s highest death rate by ZIP code. The Brooklyn ZIP code that includes the vast Starrett City subsidized-housing complex has the highest rate of coronavirus-related deaths in New York City, according to official…

W.H.O. gathers to push for global coordination amid a deepening rift between the U.S. and China.The World Health Organization is holding its first global assembly since the outbreak of the pandemic on Monday, an extraordinary virtual…

NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said people will have to learn to live with the novel coronavirus and called for adopting new ways of life based on the lessons learnt from the pandemic. A day after the coronavirus…

NEW DELHI: Even as lockdown restrictions gradually ease, experts say masks will remain an integral part of our lives for a long time and will become as common as wearing a pair of sunglasses or a cap. However, not everyone is comfortable…

An outbreak in Nigeria is just one of Africa’s alarming hot spots. The coronavirus has been relatively slow to take hold in Africa, but blazing hot spots are beginning to emerge on the continent. In Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, officials…

‘This economy will recover; it may take a while.’Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said that while he expected the U.S. economy to recover from the sharp and painful downturn brought about by the coronavirus, that…